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THE ENTERPRISE published Every Tuesday and Thursday by ! ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. K WILL1AMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA SUBSCRIPHON RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) ne Year Months IN MARTIN COUNTY $2.50 1.50 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY me Year ___ $3.00 Months ... 1.78 Advertising Rate Card Upon Request s. ■ — Entered at the post office in Williamston, •-N. C., as second-class matter under the act Congress of March 3, 1879. '•> Address a!) communications to The Enter Hgnse apd not individual members of tty. ;Ko Subscription Receivad Under 6 Month* t Tuesday. April 12. 1949 DOSBSk V Is 11 Progress? An interesting little folder reached the desk a few days ago talking about things of nifiety years ago and of things in 1949. It was entitled “Ninety Years of Progress." IV) be sure, there have been marked changes. and the burdens bearing so heavily on“hian's shoulders have been eased, but thc^e is cause to believe we have not made asmvueh progress as the little booklet would have us believe. Ninety years ago stage coaches made the run from California to St, Louis in twenty days, the booklet sadly relates, but now oil poVered trains make the trip in fifty hours. Tdyget to a place quickly is important, to be;>ure, but what we do after we get there is wore important. The world has been made into one neighborhood, but instead of being better neighbors we art' continually lighting or jhaking preparations to fight. Our speed is filling, more now than the worst of epi demics <>$ce claimed. And as we use oil to mailitam-1hc march of progress, some claim th4 march is going to lead to an empty oil barrell _one of these days. Ninety years ago the farmer was a, slave.,, to the soil, raising just enough through long heprs pf work to support himseff^nd four othpr persons. With modern machinery in 19®. the farmer finds time to hunt and fish arm raise enough to support himself and sev en ■■jjlher persons. But in doing what he is <M$g in 1949 he is sending billions of preei ouaftons of topsoil into the rivers and other streams of the nation. It has been estimated lhat it would require a train stretching around the equator nineteen and one-lialf tiroes to haul back the soil that is washed a\#.y each year. Malthus must have fore seen the advent of the “modern" system of agriculture when he said that the popula tion of the world would reach a point where the land could not feed it. With the popula tion count gaining and the land deteriorat ing rapidly, the Malthusian theory may ap ply itself before we realize it. Surely, we are progressing, but isn’t it possible tluit we are burning th< ry foun dafjjon frpm under our feet in doin t? >^< ‘iJi* >>•< There Is Enough Money The same legislature that says there isn’t enough money to adequately finance educa tion, roads, institutions for (lie mentally ill and a living wage for workers apparently is • of the opinion that there is enough money to finance legalized gambling for the lawmak ers have acted to place horse racing and dog racing on a plane with the basic things in life. Maybe there isn’t enough money to care for the mentally ill, to provide adequate edu i rational facilities for youth, pay living i wages and finance our liquor and gambling j bills. But if our legislature would do its duty and put first things first there would j bo enough money to pull North Carolina out of the muck and mire. Currituck wants a gambling bill. Maybe some of its people had rather be annexed to Virginia. If the will of the people in a small political subdivision is to be recognized when it comes to gambling then possibly it I wo^ild be in order to allow them to vote to join the Old Dominion. One reason so much money is spent on li quor and gambling is because we hesitate go step forward in the name of better things. If we can afford to throw away so much money on the frivolous things, certainly we can afford to spend more on the basic things. IS red Uprising Rome of the apt sayings accredited to the wise men of the past need revising a bit these days. Abe Lincoln said, “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.” The revised version could read, “You shall not strengthen the rich by exploiting the poor.” And then Mr. Lincoln is quoted as saying, “You cannot help the wage earner by pull ing down the wage payer.” Revised, it could read, “You shall not help the wage payer by paying the laborer less than a living wage.” And again Mr. Lincoln said, “You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.” Revised, it could read, “You cannot get enough to meet a decent standard of living unless you borrow.” Mr. Lincoln l apparently did not talk with the school 1 teachers, the workers in the sweat shops and other places when he told the common man j to go hungry, deny himself medical atten tion and possibly other necessities, too, when 1 In- advised against borrowing. --- Inconsistent While the courts act against gambling by meting out road terms and substantial fines, there’s a movement on foot to legalize' gamb ling in Currituck County. Already they are gambling on a big scale and with immunity down in Carteret. I The excuse offered in support of the ques tionable practice is revenue and lower taxes. One of these days our so-called leaders are going to learn lhat real progress is never made when seventy-five cents of every dol lar is thrown away for questionable things just to get a scant twenty-five cents in rev enue. There are many kinds of snakes in North Carolina, many of them are harmless. There are only four poisonous snakes in the south, the rattlesnake, the cotton-mouth moccasin, the copperhead, the fourth and most danger ous one of all is the human snake-in-the i 'mass.—Exchange. • *;£•»£**;•;• * ■ m, vk BUILD WITH DURA - LITE >»! n m m ><: * m Call THE ^ our BLOCK BtiiliMns BEAUTIFUL Supply Dealer II or n >it* w «JfS« n NewJsnLBuildin^ Supply C«u ;5t; m Phone 3113 II “Wp Deliver* Ne» Hern. IV. C m *PE£DY GRIFFIN MOTOR* fLcoiteur, SPEEDY/ WHOOEfc ' I LL SET T-TO TELL THE. 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In the Superior Court Cleopatra Bunch, vs. George P. Bunch. The defendant, George P. Bunch, above nrmod, will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Martin County, , North Carolina, to secure an abso-1 lute divorce based upon over two j years continuous separation; and 1 the defendant will further take notice that he is required to ap pear before the Clerk of the Sup erior Court of Martin County on the 21st day of April 1949 at his of fice in Williamston, N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint; filed in said action on said date,] and unless the defendant answers] or demurs to said complaint on the above date, or within twenty days thereafter as provided by the laws of the State of North Caro lina, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This the 22nd day of March, 1949. For SERVICE •ii SINCLAIR SERVICE | STATION TIRES BATTERIES Asa J. Manning Froprietoi SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN WILLIAMSTON L. B. Wynne, Clerk Superior Court Martin County, mr 22 29 ap 5-12 NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. In the Superior Court Frances Teel. Emma Sessoms and Sophronia Burton vs. Eliza Bailey and husband, Spencer Bailey, J. C. Chance and wife, Connie Chance, Bryant Chance and wife, Theo Chance, McKinley Chance and wife, Mary Chance, Rhoda C. Hart and husband, 1). L. Hart, Roosevelt Chance and wife, Thel ma Chance, Katie Fee Flander and husband, Alfreddie Flander, OUie Mae Early and husnand, Jim Ear ly, Arthur Chance and wife, Ma tilda Chance. Della Anderson, and W. C. Chance, Adm. of Khoda Highsmith. The defendants, Eliza Bailey, Spencer Bailey, J. G. Chance, Lon nie Chance, Bryant Chance, Theo Chance, McKinley Chance, Mary Chance, Rhoda C, Kart, D. L. Hart, Roosevelt Chance, Thelma Chance, Katie Lee Flander, Al freddie Flander, Ollie Mae Early, Jim Early. Arthur Chance, Matil da Chance and Della Anderson, above named, will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Martin County, N. C. to sell for division land's of Rhoda Highsmith in Robei sonville Township, Mar tin County, N, C„ containing 25 j acres, more or less, in which the I defendants have an interest: and It'ne said Eliza Bailey, Spencer I Bailey, J. G. Chance, Lonnie I Chance, Bryant Chance, Theo ; Chance, McKinley Chance, Mary | Chance. Rhoda C. Hart. D. L. Hart, l Roosevelt Chance, Thelma Chance, ; Katie Lee Flander, Alfreddie '• Flander. Ollie Mae Early, Jim Early, Arthur Chance, Maxima Chance, and Della Anderson will further take notice that they are required to appear before L. B. Wynne, Clerk of Superior Court of Martin County, on the 23 day of April, 1949, or within 10 days thereafter, and answer or demur to the Petition in said proceeding, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said Petition. 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